Error starting Amplify Gen2 project

[MKlaeui]

Environment information

System:
    OS: Linux 6.1 Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye) 11 (bullseye)
    CPU: (8) x64 AMD Ryzen 3 7320C with Radeon Graphics
    Memory: 6.22 GB / 6.40 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.1.4 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 20.10.0 - ~/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node
    Yarn: 1.22.21 - ~/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/yarn
    npm: 10.4.0 - ~/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 8.15.1 - ~/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/pnpm
    bun: Not Found
    Watchman: Not Found
  npmPackages:
    @aws-amplify/backend: Not Found
    @aws-amplify/backend-cli: Not Found
    aws-amplify: ^6.0.13 => 6.0.13 
    aws-cdk: Not Found
    aws-cdk-lib: Not Found
    typescript: ^5 => 5.3.3

Description

I followed the online Next app instructions for installation of a Gen2 Amplify project; step one (npm create next-app@14) works fine but step 2 (npm create amplify@latest) fails with an error code 1. It appears to be while installing @parcel/watcher. I'm using a Chromebook. The last part of the log file follows:

npm create nex3563 timing build:link:node_modules/jsesc Completed in 9ms
3564 timing build:link:node_modules/prettier Completed in 9ms
3565 timing build:link:node_modules/tsx Completed in 9ms
3566 timing build:link:node_modules/update-browserslist-db Completed in 9ms
3567 timing build:link:node_modules/uglify-js Completed in 9ms
3568 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-amplify/codegen-ui-react/node_modules/typescript Completed in 9ms
3569 timing build:link:node_modules/aws-cdk-lib/node_modules/semver Completed in 8ms
3570 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-amplify/graphql-generator/node_modules/@aws-amplify/graphql-types-generator Completed in 10ms
3571 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-amplify/graphql-generator/node_modules/prettier Completed in 10ms
3572 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-amplifyuibuilder/node_modules/uuid Completed in 9ms
3573 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-cloudformation/node_modules/uuid Completed in 9ms
3574 timing build:link:node_modules/@aws-sdk/client-ssm/node_modules/fast-xml-parser Completed in 9ms
3575 timing build:link:node_modules/@babel/core/node_modules/json5 Completed in 9ms
3576 timing build:link Completed in 13ms
3577 info run @parcel/watcher@2.4.0 install node_modules/@parcel/watcher node-gyp rebuild
3578 info run @parcel/watcher@2.4.0 install { code: 1, signal: null }
3579 timing reify:rollback:createSparse Completed in 1464ms
3580 timing reify:rollback:retireShallow Completed in 1ms
3581 timing command:install Completed in 93624ms
3582 verbose stack Error: command failed
3582 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/promise-spawn/lib/index.js:53:27)
3582 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
3582 verbose stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1105:16)
3582 verbose stack     at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:305:5)
3583 verbose pkgid @parcel/watcher@2.4.0
3584 verbose cwd /home/myusername/nh
3585 verbose Linux 6.1.60-08594-g03a802b9a072
3586 verbose node v20.10.0
3587 verbose npm  v10.4.0
3588 error code 1
3589 error path /home/myusername/nh/node_modules/@parcel/watcher
3590 error command failed
3591 error command sh -c node-gyp rebuild
3592 error gyp info it worked if it ends with ok
3592 error gyp info using node-gyp@10.0.1
3592 error gyp info using node@20.10.0 | linux | x64
3592 error gyp info find Python using Python version 3.9.2 found at "/usr/bin/python3"
3592 error gyp info spawn /usr/bin/python3
3592 error gyp info spawn args [
3592 error gyp info spawn args '/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/gyp/gyp_main.py',
3592 error gyp info spawn args 'binding.gyp',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-f',
3592 error gyp info spawn args 'make',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '/home/myusername/nh/node_modules/@parcel/watcher/build/config.gypi',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/addon.gypi',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-I',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '/home/myusername/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/include/node/common.gypi',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dlibrary=shared_library',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dvisibility=default',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_root_dir=/home/myusername/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_gyp_dir=/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_lib_file=/home/myusername/.cache/node-gyp/20.10.0/<(target_arch)/node.lib',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dmodule_root_dir=/home/myusername/nh/node_modules/@parcel/watcher',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Dnode_engine=v8',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '--depth=.',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '--no-parallel',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '--generator-output',
3592 error gyp info spawn args 'build',
3592 error gyp info spawn args '-Goutput_dir=.'
3592 error gyp info spawn args ]
3592 error gyp: binding.gyp not found (cwd: /home/myusername/nh/node_modules/@parcel/watcher) while trying to load binding.gyp
3592 error gyp ERR! configure error 
3592 error gyp ERR! stack Error: `gyp` failed with exit code: 1
3592 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/lib/configure.js:271:18)
3592 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:514:28)
3592 error gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:294:12)
3592 error gyp ERR! System Linux 6.1.60-08594-g03a802b9a072
3592 error gyp ERR! command "/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node" "/home/myusername/.config/nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/node-gyp/bin/node-gyp.js" "rebuild"
3592 error gyp ERR! cwd /home/myusername/nh/node_modules/@parcel/watcher
3592 error gyp ERR! node -v v20.10.0
3592 error gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v10.0.1
3592 error gyp ERR! not ok
3593 verbose exit 1
3594 timing npm Completed in 93862ms
3595 verbose unfinished npm timer reify 1706791280940
3596 verbose unfinished npm timer reify:build 1706791372705
3597 verbose unfinished npm timer build 1706791372707
3598 verbose unfinished npm timer build:deps 1706791372708
3599 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install 1706791372742
3600 verbose unfinished npm timer build:run:install:node_modules/@parcel/watcher 1706791372742
3601 verbose code 1
3602 error A complete log of this run can be found in: /home/myusername/.npm/_logs/2024-02-01T12_41_20_715Z-debug-0.logt-app@1

[josefaidt]

Hey @MKlaeui 👋 thanks for taking the time to file this! Upon further investigation this issue appears similar if not the same as parcel-bundler/watcher#156

From this comment there appears to be a workaround of overriding the dependency version resolved

  "overrides": {
    "@parcel/watcher": "~2.1.0"
  }

[MKlaeui]

That did the trick! Thanks much

[josefaidt]

re-opening to track due to multiple occurrences in Cloud9 environments

[0618]

@MKlaeui 👋

I was able to reproduce it using npm@10.4, but not npm@10.2.

As mentioned in parcel-bundler/watcher#156 (comment) , it only happens to npm@10.4 for other @parcel/watch users.

As mentioned in parcel-bundler/watcher#156 (comment), it's bug of npm (npm/cli#2606).

[0618]

The fix is released